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. 2021 Oct 27;14:7173–7179. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S336082

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

HPs (n = 42) HD Patients (n = 84) P-value
Age (years) 55.6 ± 16.1 56.5 ± 11.9 0.714
Sex (men) 21 (50%) 44 (52.4%) 0.801
Diabetes mellitus 44 (52.4%)
Dialysis vintage (years) 2.9 (4.9)
CCI score 6 (3)
Hemoglobin (mg/dL) 14.2 ± 1.8 11.0 ± 0.6 <0.001
Albumin (g/dL) 4.4 ± 0.3 3.8 ± 0.3 <0.001
C-reactive protein (mg/dL) 0.09 (0.15) 0.20 (0.40) <0.001
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) 14.6 ± 3.6 59.4 ± 14.7 <0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.8 ± 0.2 10.3 ± 2.6 <0.001
25-hydroxy vitamin D (ng/mL) 15.6 (13.0) 10.2 (6.5) <0.001
spKt/Vurea 1.4 ± 0.3

Notes: Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation for variables with normal distribution and median (interquartile range) for variables with non-normal distribution. P-values were tested using Student’s t-test for variables with normal distribution and Mann–Whitney U-test for variables with non-normal distribution.

Abbreviations: HPs, healthy participants; HD, hemodialysis; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index.